General Information

24 Jul - 12 Aug 2017

My time at Trelex allowed me to work on detailed inflated props for photo shoots and acquire many photographs that predominately consisted of multiple exposures from walks around the local area. The images shot were worked into performance portraits that had been completed during and since the residency. I had been developing ideas around repetitious words in relation to theories of emotion previously, which has led me to initiate some short performances and portraits during my time at Trelex. Luckily I had met some great artists in Trelex who kindly got involved.

The setting was beautiful and allowed me to think a lot about what I was making, and of course allowed me some time to make work out of London. I shared with brilliant artists - James Kao and Nina Rodin who both were up for walks and discussion about art practice.
There was a lake an hour walk away (in Nyon), a very nice walk through fields. Weirdly I had been looking into sharks previously and researched around 'sharks in lakes' whilst I was there. Shortly after leaving Trelex I was asked to deliver a portrait night, in which was later to be complied into portraits for an exhibition at the cinema (Deptford Cinema). A band and an opera singer recited words from a poem written by a writer and friend. The audience also were involved within the performance. Images were then edited with photographs taken from the Lake in Nyon, along with re-appropriated images of sharks. The series was titled 'sharks in the lake'.

The Trelex Residency is motivated by my curiosity about the making of all forms of Art. It has been designed on the basis of what I, as an artist, would like from a residency: the Trelex Residency does not ask artists to fill out application forms, to outline an agenda for their stay, to commit to putting on an exhibition, to interact with a particular institution etc... I would like artists to feel free to use their time in Trelex in whichever way seems most productive to them.

The trelex Residency

I believe that an open and free environment, supportive of artistic creativity through practical help and critical dialogue, exchange and collaboration can help any artist at any point in their career see their practice in a new light.

Anyone is welcome: please read the green links above attentively if you are interested in coming.